Has Humanity Gone Nuts? In Syria, Yes! – By Anani Vincent
Sometimes in April, 1994, the world turned a blind eye to a little nation sending itself into extinction, a small country with perhaps no global significance. The world looked the other way when some blood thirsty Hutu militias decided to fete on the blood of innocent Tutsi minorities – same nation, same people, only different ethnicity.
That civil war claimed close to a million lives. With the graves being overwhelmed, bodies littered the streets of Rwanda, it was a gory sight best imagined than experienced. It took years for recovery, that country came out of that dark era, somewhat stronger.
Remember Bosnia? Remember Darfur?
A wise man once said, history does not only repeat itself, it also rhymes… less than 20 years later, somewhere on the other side of the world – Syria, humanity is showing itself in its most despicable form and yet again – as always, the world is looking the other way… The corpses are piling by the day while the mass and hastily dug graves are filling up.
War crimes have been committed – including murder, torture, rape and enforced disappearances, not to talk of the civilian sufferings – such as blocking access to food, water and health services. The latest twist is the use of chemical weapons on innocent civilians – children especially, the second time during the lifespan of this war.
POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE
DATE:04/15/2017
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